People v. Zatz

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE CRAVEN

delivered the opinion of the court:

The grand jury returned four indictments containing five counts of forgery. On July 26, 1971, defendant was arraigned and plead not guilty. Defendant was represented by privately retained counsel. Subsequently, defendant withdrew his plea and entered a plea of guilty. The trial court imposed a sentence of 1 to 5 years on each count, to be served concurrently.

On appeal, defendant contends that his plea of guilty should be vacated because he was not sufficiently advised of the consequences of his plea and because the trial court…